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[Weekly EdNews Round Up] Use Sports Data to Turn Your Students into Math and Science All-Stars

[Weekly EdNews Round Up] Use Sports Data to Turn Your Students into Math and Science All-Stars

Thursday, May 31, 2018

No one knows better than educators about the importance of staying up-to-date. In Edmentum’s Weekly News Round Up, you’ll find the latest and most interesting education news, all in one place.

Move over Steph! Out of the way LeBron! You know who the real MVP is? Math. Just in time for the NBA finals, explore how you can use sports data to spark math and science engagement for your students in this week’s EdNews Round Up!

Turning Sports Data into a Slam Dunk for LearningEducation DriveThe world of sports is a common language shared by many. Whether you’re a fan of basketball, swimming, running or curling, sports provide a wealth of data sets that can be folded into mathematics and science lessons with just a few steps. Tapping into athletic interest can spark math and science engagement for students.

Study: Hotter Classrooms Make it Harder for Students to LearnU.S. NewsStudent's ability to learn is undermined when their classrooms are too hot, new research says, a finding that could help explain persistent gaps in performance between students in poorer regions and countries without consistent access to air conditioning and those in wealthier areas.

Why Teaching English Through Content Is Critical for ELL StudentsMindShiftTeachers in San Francisco were looking for better ways to teach their newcomer students the English skills they need, without losing a focus on the complex content all students should be learning. To do that, they looked to adopt some of the strategies of the Writing Is Thinking Through Inquiry (WITsi) work being done in New York City with the general education population.

Calculus Is the Peak of High School Math. Maybe It's Time to Change ThatEdWeekFor more than 30 years, calculus has been seen as the pinnacle of high school math—essential for careers in the hard sciences, and an explicit or unspoken prerequisite for top-tier colleges. But now scholars are saying a world drowning in big data requires students who can interpret it.